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Subject:   PC Pundits Incapable of Acknowledging Reality
Date:   2005-03-23 08:47:42
From:   DanCoulter
Response to: PC Pundits Incapable of Acknowledging Reality

Actually, I don't switch because Macs are overpriced and can't run all of the applications I need. My personal computer is a very powerful machine that I built for the cost of a pretty meager Mac. Also...the number of spyware and virus infections I've had in the two years of operation on two concurrent Windows XP systems? Zero. Before that I was running an XP and a 2000 system at the same time and it was years since I had gotten spyware or viruses on my computer.


I don't hate Macs and love Windows. If Linux did everything I wanted, I'd probably move to that for my desktop computing. But it doesn't and neither does Mac. It has nothing to do with pride. It has to do with power and software capability.


By the way, "idiocrity" isn't, ironically enough, a real word.
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  • PC Pundits Incapable of Acknowledging Reality
    2005-03-23 11:13:19  sammy90483 [Reply | View]

    You're right, Idiocrity is not a word. Winston Churchill used the word on purpose to demonstrate the level of mediocrity pervading the masses. It was an artful play on words.

    I'd really like to see your Windows PC setup that is cheaper than a Mac. Once you add anti-virus software, FireWire 800, ambient light sensing technology on keyboards, XP Pro to be corporate network savvy, comparable programs to bundled software like iDVD, GarageBand, iMovie, and iPhoto, and then add a fleet of tech support to handle Windows problems I hardly think you'll find it cheaper. Apple has 4 help desk staff members to support their entire company worldwide. I hardly think Virginia Tech considered the Macintosh platform to be more expensive when they created the third fastest cluster computer in the world for less than 10 millions dollars. The fastest and second fastest, cost 300 million and 200 million respectively. Imagine how fast the Xserve cluster would have been if they had invested 300 million into it since the two faster ones were only 2 times faster than Virginia Tech's. Obviously you're a more savvy computer user and have had few security issues on the pc. On the Mac even the most novice user has been safe from all the ills associated with the PC-world. That's just the point, you don't have to be an IT talking-head to have a secure computer that just works. You're free to come to my workplace and offer up free support to PC-users since you seem so convinced that the experience is cheaper and just a secure.
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